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ANDREW W. NICHOLSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Laim Patent No. 88,197, daad March 23, 1869.

WALKING DOLL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Ilmo.

To all whom it mayi comm.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. NICHOLSON, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Walking Dolls; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and in -which- Y Figure 1 represents a side view of a walking doll, constructed according to my improvement, and

Figure 2, afrout view of the lower portion and legs of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding' partsin both figures.

In carrying out this invention, the upper parts of the legs of the doll are constructed with slots which work over fixed studs in the body, and are pivoted upon the cranks of a double-cranked shaft which works in bearings in the body.

The invention consists in producing the rotary motion of this crank-shaft, and thereby producing the walking-movement of the legs of the doll bythe connection of the said crank-shaft, by a belt and pulleys, with an axle, the wheels of which rest upon the ground or other surface whereon the doll is desired to walk, and which is caused to rotate by the drawing of the dolland wheels over the said surface, theldoll being supported partly by its feet and partly by the said wheels.

Referring to the accompanying drawings- A is the body of the doll, or, rather, it is a stick, upon which the body may be formed, as illustrated by those parts represented in red outline in g. 1.

B B are tbe legs, having formed in their upper parts, slots b b, which work over xed studs a a in the body,

and are pivoted upon a double-crank shaft, c, which works in bearings c' c in the body, substantially as other walkin g dolls.

For producing rotary motion of this shaft c, and

thereby a walking-movement of the legs B B, a rotating axle, C',-is suspended from the body, by means of pendent bearing-frames h h attached to the lower part of the body.

Said axle C is provided with fixed wheels D D, which rest upon the ground or other surface upon' which the y doll is placed, and serve, in connection with the feet, to

support the weight of the doll.

g and c are pulleys, carried, respectively, upon the axle C and the crank-'shaft c, and are connected by means of a belt, f, so that, by the drawing of the doll over the .ground or other surface, and the rolling of the wheels D thereon, rotary motion is imparted to the axle (l, andtransmitted to the crank-shaft c.

F is a brace, attached to the rear side of thebody, and designed to prevent the doll from falling backward.

f Suitably located upon this brace F, is a weight, m, for the purpose of overbalancing the doll in that direction, making it less liable to fall forward.

v,The axle C may be arranged either in front or in rear of the legs, and, when in front, it may compose the hind axle of a'perambulator, in which case the brace F and weight m may be dispensed with.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to have secured by Letters Patent, is

The wheels D D, axle (l, pulley g, and heit f. in combination with the crank-shaft c, pulley c, and slotted connections of the legs with the body of the dell, sub st antally as and for the purpose specified.

AN. W. NICHOLSON.

Witnesses:

FRED. Haynes, HENRY PALMER. 

